#group drumming

[shamandrummer]

Group Drumming Better than Antidepressants

A study published by the Public Library of Science (PLoS) scientifically validates what so many drum circle participants have already experienced first hand: group drumming produces significant changes in well-being, including improvements in depression, anxiety and social resilience.

With the World Health Organization identifying depression as the #1 leading cause of disability, globally, and psychiatric medications causing severe side effects, including permanently disabling the body's self-healing mechanism, drug-free alternatives are needed now more than ever.

Could group drumming provide just such a solution?

Titled, "Effects of Group Drumming Interventions on Anxiety, Depression, Social Resilience and Inflammatory Immune Response among Mental Health Service Users," UK researchers enrolled thirty adults who were already recipients of mental health services but were not receiving antidepressant medications in a 10 week program of drumming versus a control group of 15. The two groups were matched for age, sex, ethnicity and employment status. The control participants were informed that they were participating in a study about music and mental health but were not given access to the group drumming sessions. The treatment group received weekly 90-minute group drumming sessions over a period of 10 weeks. The drum group sizes were between 15-20. Each participant was provided with a traditional African djembe drum and sat in a circle. Twenty percent of the session time involved instruction and talking, whereas 80% was direct participation in music-making. The control subjects were enrolled in community group social activities (e.g. quiz nights, women's institute meetings and book clubs). Both groups were monitored for biomarkers related to immune status and inflammation, e.g. cortisol and various cytokines, to track the biological as well as psychological changes associated with the intervention.

The results of the study were remarkable. Significant improvements were found in the drumming group but not the control group. In summary, by 6 weeks the drumming intervention group experienced decreases in depression, increased social resilience; by 10 weeks they saw further improvements in depression, alongside significant improvements in anxiety and mental wellbeing. These changes continued to be maintained 3 months follow-up. The drumming intervention group also saw their immune profile shift from a pro-inflammatory towards an anti-inflammatory response.

This remarkable research opens up the possibility that group drumming may produce positive psychospiritual changes that, in comparison to conventional treatment with psychiatric medications like Prozac, support side-effect free improvement in parameters beyond symptom suppression.

Additionally, when one considers that the benefits associated with conventional pharmaceutical treatment of depression may actually result from the placebo effect and not the chemicals themselves, as well as the fact that antidepressants can cause severe adverse effects including suicidal ideation, the findings of this exploratory study becomes all the more promising.

Another important discovery here is that group drumming down-regulated inflammation within the immune profiles of study participants. Could the dysregulation of inflammation be a root cause of a wide range of psychiatric disorders and anti-inflammatory interventions a solution? The inflammation-depression link, in particular, explains how interventions such as turmeric have been clinically proven to be superior to common antidepressant medications like Prozac, presumably because of turmeric's broad spectrum and systemic anti-inflammatory properties.

#group drumming #drum circles #drumming #drums #drum therapy #alternative therapies

[inktho]

Leo/need 🌠

#project sekai #prsk #leo/need #planning on making charms and sticker sheets!! #stay tuned tho i am...kind of slow at making these only 4 more groups to go *cries* #also yeah i completely made up honami's outfit for this but most of her is hidden behind drums #inktho merch

[ex0toxin]

matsuri 🏮🕺🎇

jsys week'24, day 2

#was planning on having em do some sort of traditional dance but from what ive seen they tend to be big group parade type stuff #so FUCK IT we twirl in the bushes under the lantern light!! #also i think okuyasu would LOVE taiko that motherfucker has the discipline rage and biceps for beating thehell out of a drum #josuke just sits and looks pretty idk. tries not to clap too enthusiasticly. staring at the sweat rolling into okus shirt #hes really normal #josuyasu #josuyasu week #josuyasu week 2024 #josuke higashikata #okuyasu nijimura #jojo #jojo's bizarre adventure #jjba #my art

[dreamingofspring]

Honestly, rewatching fhsy after watching the seven and retconing some of the behaviors of the maidens makes sense

Because Zelda going "Skrank wanted to break up and Ostentatia didn't want to" absolutely now reads as Ostentatia going "I'm not gonna be dumped by a fucking AV Club nerd, you can't dump me, I dump YOU"

#christina liveblogs #also i feel like it was a very toxic point for her early in the group #where danielle was probably like 'yeah I like him he marches to the beat of his own drum and that's cool as hell' #and ostentatia was like 'i dont trust this chill vibe she's being shady yeah ill hit on bird boy' #that's the only way i can make it make sense #d20 #fantasy high #fhsy #ostentatia wallace #skrank douglas

[polarisbear]

i don’t know if i’m the first to come up with this idea but i needed to get this au out of my head

[image id 1: a drawing of all four members of nightcord at 25. they’re all dressed in their casual outfits except for mafuyu who has shorter hair, a dress shirt, and slacks. they’re drawn in a style reminiscent of bocchi the rock!

image id 2: a drawing of all four members of nightcord at 25. they’re all drawings of expressions from the bust up. they’re all in their casual outfits except for mafuyu who has shorter hair and a dress shirt. the drawings are mimicking bocchi the rock!’s art style. there are chibi’s drawn next to them in the style of bocchi the rock!’s endings.]

#project sekai #bocchi the rock! #mafuyu asahina #kanade yoisaki #ena shinonome #mizuki akiyama #25 ji nightcord de #nightcord at 25:00 #art archive #okay enough tags? i think so #anyways: the idea here is that kanade and bocchi look very similar #and the rest of the group lines up pretty well. at least in terms of vibes #also i think ena being kita in this scenario is hilarious #i’m sure you can mess around a little to change the rock band part of bocchi #to nightcord’s music production #but iiiii didn’t want to do that #also mafuyu is transmasc here because she’s mixed with ryo #and ryo is a rich girl that marches to the beat of her own drum

[genderoutlaws]

The Minneapolis Two Spirit Womyn Drum Group performing at the New York City Pride March in 1991

#op #photography #two spirit #native american #indigenous #nyc #1990s #1991 #two spirit womyn drum group

[ofsunhillow]

THEYRE FINALLY DONE...... ranyart olias qoquaq in that order. i had to do them for my peace of mind

#my art #olias of sunhillow #i had to make the four tribes furries. it was the only way #ended up being nagranium=dogs/canines astranius=cats/felines oractaniom=rodents and nordranios=bears #i fwlt like it was the only way to do it bc it's stated that they're not differentiated Physically but by whatever music consciousness is. #and even though i can't put that into visuals #i felt like it worked better than straight up Races because a cat can be big small any color and still be a cat #i dont even have to explain dogs. they belong to the same group bc of an Essence but not necessarily because they look any similar #i wanted qoquaq to be a dog or otherwise canine because hes this group leader guy ....... pack instinct ....... #nagranium is depicted as Beats and whats more uniting than a drum. #ranyart i wanted to make really graceful because hes a dancer ......... catboy it is .... #olias is a mouse because my heart told me so #it was incredibly hard to have to discard a bear character. #it wouldve been qoquaq but i thiught canine fit him more #+ now i can give him a weird terrier mustache

[deus-ex-mona]

this is now one of many ✨ft4 christmas song manifestation zones✨

#there are only ​2 reactions to this twt: ‘wAIT ONE NIGHT *WASN’T* A CHRISTMAS SONG????’ and ‘omgomg what if ft4 christmas carols—‘ #ok but. i think ft4 could totally pull off jingle bell rock #or the 12 days of christmas (but megu buys every single member every mentioned item in that danged song) #idk ft4 can collectively enjoy their 40 lords a leaping and 48 drummers drumming among many other new additions to their little group ig #imagine ft4 perfoming onstage with their 24 geese a laying and 12 french hens though lmfaooooooooooooooo #futilely hoping that minakuru would get a christmas song too though~~~~~~~~~~ i miss them #fedora throttle4

[devilfic]

I bought baldur’s gate 3 as an early birthday present and I’ve never played a game quite like this before (sans persona 5) but it’s rewiring my brain. the sheer autonomy I’m allowed to have means that I don’t have to face a boss and his eight goblin minions bare-assed with only spells and a dream. I can fill dror ragzlin’s throne room with gunpowder barrels and set it off like an atomic bomb. I’m allowed to do that. and it works

#couldn’t get to the room with the gunpowder barrels so I shifted into a badger and burrowed in there #shot the war drum before battle so no one could call for help #grouped wyll and halsin together outside the door after placing my team in the rafters and had them come in after battle commenced #it was a massacre. it was euphoria. it was the best night of my life #I say this after I managed to get him down to 14 up on my first attempt before he knocked me out of my wild shape and yeeted astarion into- #the spider pit #baldur's gate 3 #mjspeaks

[bandsanitizer]

the dRUMS IN THAT CLIP?!?!?!! I am SO READY (not really. not at all. wdym wfttwtaf is like three years old?!) FOR THIS ALBUM!!! LH2 IS HAPPENING!!

#like unfortunately wfttwtaf has become very tied to 2021 and life at the time #so it’s not the easiest to listen to a lot #but HOLY MOLY THOS DRUMS #IM SO REAAAADYYYYYY #manifesting a halsey feature because i can #bc i firmly believe luke as baby of the group would win over ash drive squared #lukey #alison speaks? #luke hemmings

[celebritybuddytrolling]

he still can't hold his booze, but he's great at his job

#ive been told that a lot of industrial groups utilize drum machines so... #they rebuilt him i guess #x2p1158 DRUM MACHINE my beloved #cbt the band!! #emery cbt #otto cbt #mtl oc #metalocalypse oc #metalocalypse #the sillies

[aq2003]

4 and 14?

4. Whats your favourite story?

here is the top 3 tiers above S+ on my gigantic nuwho episodes tierlist (i tried to post a screenshot of it to tumblr but it wouldn't let me). i think they capture my favorite episodes of the show immediately

14: answered here

#the only one missing here is sound of drums but the tierlist grouped it together w/ last of the timelords and utopia #and now. i like last of the timelords. good episode. but raisin doctor and jesus fairy doctor take me out of the suspense #utopia is GREAT but lands in s+ tier individually #so 3 eps as a whole land at the top of S+ tier. but individually sound of drums would rank comfortably in mental illness #dr who #misc

[hellogoodbyegirl]

Supertramp in Melody Maker

#right after Crime Of The Century came out! they all looked so young #Rick being described as the jokester of the group kind of surprised me because he is just so quiet although you can see how much fun he has #on stage and stuff like that... #the story of the groups 'sponsor' finding Rick and thinking this kid's got something and the rest is history is kind of funny to me #Rick's manner of speaking with his choice of vocabulary has effected me subconsciously since I use very strong vocabulary sometimes now lol #I love how they got interviews from everyone in the group!!! I love hearing from all of them!!!!! #nothing can break John's stride i love that for him #John is really the most musically knowledgable member it is entertaining seeing him going from instrument to instrument during concerts #they said Dougie looks hungry someone get this man a sandwichhhhhhhhhhh #Bob selling his car to go to the UK is crazy #getting drums sounds like an awesome christmas present #Bob is such an amazing drummer #like the drums are such a cool instrument as someone who played just cymbals its a lot of fun! #Roger defeats The Beach Boys sounding allegations #Roger is so right everyone in the band is so talented in what they do #it is so amazing seeing all of them just meld together and create such beautiful music that I personally love so much <3 #R I C H A R D Davies #Rick Davies #Bob Siebenberg #Roger Hodgson #John Helliwell #Dougie Thomson #all looking so handsome in their portraits <3 #Supertramp

[iamthemaster]

OOC ;; I love how Simm!Master straight up calls politicians out for being traitors and liars and then says “bye bye!”

“You’re insane!”

“👍👍👍

#ooc ;; serenity has left the group chat #I’m watching The Sound of Drums now! 😂 #so classic 👏💯 #At least the Master is truthful about being a bastard

[yesterdayiwrote]

I'll level with you, I've spent a year listening to some people complain that George's win was somehow solely responsible for the car being pants this year, and if that's genuinely the case, can you honestly say you think this car winning any kind of silverware at the FIA Gala would be a good thing?!

#I know it's largely a certain group who've banged that drum with bad intentions #But that car is clearly not fixed #And I know it's a frankencar right now #But idk that I honestly buy that they understand their problems #And if you want to argue that one win was the catalyst for them staying on tye wrong path #I think there's a fair argument that a p2 in the wdc would do the same #Idek if I think they should keep it in the wcc right now #I'm almost rooting for alonso to retake p3 and I cannot stand alonso

[paper-birdies]

War Drums Progress 4/28/2024

143/160 panels inked!

decided on taking out two panels from page 11 as they weren't needed. most of the panels left are all background heavy, wish me luck 🥲

#why did i decide to torture myself with so much scenery #page 32 has a lot of groups so im just being lazy there #war drums comics #war drums #art #digital art #furry art #artists on tumblr #doodle #drawing #furry #comic #comic wip #wip #art wip #current wip